Observational studyThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2023
Excess costs of multiple sclerosis: a register-based study in Sweden.
Observational study in The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- An updated review of the economic burden of multiple sclerosis: direct and indirect costs.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Empirical estimate for the indirect healthcare costs of sickle cell disease from a retrospective cohort study in England between 2007 and 2019.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Temporal Trends in the Incidence and Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in Sweden, 2001-2021.Neuroepidemiology · 2026Article
- Predictors of Ability to Work in Multiple Sclerosis.CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2025Article
- Generics, Biosimilars and Follow-On Non-Biologic Complex Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis: A Narrative Review of the Regulatory and Clinical Implications for European Neurologists.European journal of neurology · 2025Review
- Family planning and multiple sclerosis - Part 1: Patient perspectives on treatment choices in Sweden.Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinicalArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivePopulation-based estimates of the socioeconomic burden of multiple sclerosis (MS) are limited, especially regarding primary healthcare. This study aimed to estimate the excess costs of people with MS that could be attributed to their MS, including primary healthcare.
methodsAn observational study was conducted of the 2806 working-aged people with MS in Stockholm, Sweden and 28,060 propensity score matched references without MS. Register-based resource use was quantified for 2018. Annual healthcare costs (primary, specialised outpatient, and inpatient healthcare visits along with prescribed drugs) and productivity losses (operationalised by sickness absence and disability pension days) were quantified using bottom-up costing. The costs of people with MS were compared with those of the references using independent t-tests with bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to isolate the excess costs of MS from the mean difference.
resultsThe mean annual excess costs of MS for healthcare were €7381 (95% CI 6991-7816) per person with MS with disease-modifying therapies as the largest component (€4262, 95% CI 4026-4497). There was a mean annual excess cost for primary healthcare of €695 (95% CI 585-832) per person with MS, comprising 9.4% of the excess healthcare costs of MS. The mean annual excess costs of MS for productivity losses were €13,173 (95% CI 12,325-14,019) per person with MS, predominately from disability pension (79.3%).
conclusionsThe socioeconomic burden of MS in Sweden from healthcare consumption and productivity losses was quantified, updating knowledge on the cost structure of the substantial excess costs of MS.
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